Henry Joy McCracken

Henry Joy McCracken (31 August 1767-17 July 1798) was an Irish republican leader and co-founder of the United Irishmen. He was captured and executed during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

Biography
Henry Joy McCracken was born in Belfast, County Down, Ireland on 31 August 1767 to a prominent Presbyterian family, and he became interested in republican politics from an early age and co-founded the United Irishmen in 1791. He was imprisoned for his revolutionary activities from October 1796 to December 1797, and he went on to take part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, during which he planned to take Antrim with the help of the Catholic "Defenders" rebels. However, the Defenders never arrived to reinforce the Protestant rebels, who were crushed by the British Army in the ensuing Battle of Antrim. Shortly after, he was arrested when his former business partners turned him in, and he was hanged for treason.